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Nabiev, Jurabek

Tajik composer Jurabek Nabiev was born in the village of
Ghulakandoz in Poletar on February 10, 1941.
Nabiev graduated from the Leninabad Pedagogical Institute in 1963.
In 1962, however, he became the soloist for the Republican Comedy-
Music Theater of Leninabad. In 1993, he established the "Durdona"
Dance and Music Ensemble. He became a professor in the Department
of Fine Arts in Khujand University in 1996.
His repertoire consists of more than 500 songs. He has at least 100
songs composed in the mughul mode exclusively for Shashmaqom. The
following musical modes: "Bebokcha," "Sarakhbori Oromijon,"
Bozurgoni," Ushshoq," Qashqarchai Ushshoqi Sodirkhon,"
"Mughulchai Dugoh," and "Guluzoram" are performed best in his
rendition.
Nabiev's voice is fine and his repertoire is rich and varied. It includes
not only Tajiki but also Russian, Uzbeki, Azerbaijani, Iranian, Indian
and Afghan songs.
Nabiev was a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1980, and won the
Komsomol Prize of Leninabad in 1982. He holds the "gold disc" of
Melody for Tashkent in 1981, and for France in 1998. He also received
medals and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
of Tajikistan.
Nabiev has traveled to India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Kwait,
Germany, and Yugoslavia.
Nabiev, Rahmon
Tajik politician and Communist Party leader Rahmon Nabiev was
born into a farmer's family in the village of Shaykh Burhon of Khujand
on November 5, 1930. He joined the CPSU in 1961.
He served on the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan from 1961 until
1992. He began his political activity in 1946 as the accountant for
Janovi Kolkhoz in the region of Khujand. In 1949, he served as a
technician for the village of Leninabad.
Nabiev graduated from the Tashkent Engineering and Irrigation
Institute with a degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1954. In 1954 and
1955, he was the head engineer for the Machine Tractor Stations (MTS)
of Isfisor. From 1956 to 1960, he became first the engineer, and later
the head engineer for the Khujand region. From there, he moved to the

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